Puntland forces rescue another hijacked ship from Somali pirates

MOGADISHU, Sept 29 (Reuters) - ‌Security forces ​from ​Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state have rescued the MT Honour 25, a Palau-flagged ‌petroleum products tanker seized by pirates in ⁠April, Puntland's state television channel reported on Tuesday.

• The ‌broadcaster said pirates who ‌had been holding the vessel had been detained and would be brought to court.

• Puntland ​officials did not respond to requests for comment.

• The MT Honour 25 was seized ⁠on April 21 around 30 nautical miles off Puntland's coast ​with 17 crew members on board, including 10 Pakistanis.

• The rescue follows a ​similar Puntland counter-piracy operation last ‌week, when the regional maritime police force said it had freed the ⁠US-sanctioned tanker Sibu 1, which Somali pirates had hijacked in August.

• Piracy has resurfaced off Somalia's ⁠coast in recent years, raising concerns for shipping through ​the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean.

• A previous wave of Somali piracy from 2008 to ‌2014 disrupted one of the world's busiest shipping routes, cost the global ‌economy billions of dollars and resulted in hundreds ⁠of millions of ‌dollars in ransom ​payments.

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Abdiqani HassanWriting by Vincent Mumo NzilaniEditing by Peter ‌Graff)

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